She tweeted that she hasn't been performing because of her bad experience with LA Direct and not being able to get out of their contract. She talks about it under this tweet [Tweet is no longer available] [Tweet is no longer available] [Tweet is no longer available] Looks like another case when model realizes that she can't win a fight with Derek and decides to wait till her contract expires. I don't think hiring an attorney to fix LA Direct contract situation has ever worked.
^The problem with performers who complain about their contract is that we usually only have their side of the story. Unless the contract is 50 plus pages long with a lot of addendum and legal talk then it should be pretty easy for your average person to read through it and understand what they are about to sign. If it isn't then maybe they really shouldn't sign it. I mean you can't tell me that it would cost more than a 150$ to get a lawyer to read the contract and explain to the performer everything that it contains so that she can make an educated choice. Is it possible that Charlotte knew exactly what she was signing but a year or more into her contract she changed her mind when it came to what she would have to do to meet the contracts requirements and tried to get out of it without paying the penalties that she knew would be there. I don't follow performers on social media but based on a few tweets it would seem that Charlotte is at school and while that is amazing news. It probably means that she can't also be available to shoot porn and therefore her agency is basically out of a performer and if she decides to find the odd booking on the side from time to time to pay for school and what not then she shouldn't be surprised if her agency advices her that she is in breach of contract.
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Posted - Jan 30 2018 : 12:53AM
Yes, you have a good point here. But, the one thing that is consistent is that there is one agency that comes up over and over again as problematic, and it's always the same complaint, that they basically stopped finding the girl work. Here's what I think is happening here. Girls sign up and at first everything is hunky dory because there's always pretty strong demand for new girls, and so long as a girl is somewhat cute and has some level of appeal, directors will want to shoot her. But then demand dies off for many of them once they've shot a few scenes because there are always new girls coming up behind them. Now, some few like Marley Brinx or Megan Rain will transcend this drop-off because they're really great talents and they have some sort of appeal that is more enduring. And it's those girls that the LA Direct agents spend their time arranging bookings for. Girls that are more average-ish may get the occasional booking, but are largely left to their own devices. This is incredibly beneficial for LA Direct, because it allows them to maintain a large roster of talent from which directors can choose, while at the same time concentrating their outbound sales efforts on the girls that there is the most demand for. What I don't get is why she signed up with LA Direct in the first place. She started out with Hussie Models and it looks like they got her quite a lot of work for at least a year or two. So then she signs up with the one agency in the business that seems to have this terrible reputation. It's not like she was fresh off the bus when she made that decision. Girls talk to each other. She must have known the score. But, at least she only signed a two-year deal, so she'll be out of it soon enough.
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Posted - Apr 24 2018 : 9:14PM
^ Now that's some good Charlotte news!
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Posted - Apr 24 2018 : 11:51PM
Glad she's shooting again but she's still listed on LA Direct's website, so I wouldn't be so sure that she got out of her contract. If she is still under contract, then she could be in for a bad time. She may say she's self-booking, but LA Direct will retaliate against companies that shoot her if they don't get their commissions. They have a long track record of this behavior.
^ There was a discussion about that in this thread in January - her tweets above show that she's fully aware of that and her being locked by LA Direct contract is the reason why she hasn't been shooting all this time. According to one of those tweets she signed 2 year contract with them last July so the fact the she announced her comeback this soon has to mean she did manage to get rid of it. Another model managed to get out of her LA Direct contract recently by proving that Derek pretty much breaks the law by locking models into contract without getting them work so it's possible Charlotte did the same.
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Posted - Apr 25 2018 : 7:18AM
I guess we'll see. She may simply be trying to self-book while still under contract. I do hope she was able to break free, but so long as I see her on the LA Direct website, I'll wonder about it. I suppose the test will be in the bookings.
when she comes back she says she probably wont be shooting for any of the Lansky sites. [edited to remove the tweet that included a reference to escorting. Escorting is not an acceptable topic here because of SESTA. Sorry. Those are the times we live in. - Drew]
^from what I gather, some post-relationship-breakup drama/depression... others might know more.
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Posted - Aug 26 2018 : 6:22AM
Don't know how to copy & paste from Twitter: August 20 don't let all my shit talking distract you from the fact that i'm heartbroken and have shitty coping skills August 20 Can I just get a zoloft IV instead? August 20 You gave me life worth dying for but between the alter and the door, i bought the lies that promised more and here i go again August 21 can't wait to have a morning where i wake up without wanting to kill myself August 24 Hey frens, i'm still depressed as fuck so instead of sending me bs slam articles written about me, consider looking at my birthday wishlist or making a donation towards our legal funds
^It's a good sentiment and it would be great if it worked but sadly that's not how it works. She has to be the one to make herself happy. At this point. The only outside help she should be asking for and getting is professional and hopefully she has access to it and gets it before something terrible happens.
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Posted - Aug 28 2018 : 5:12AM
August 26 Tell me, what is it like to not obsess over something until you want to kill yourself lol I posted that comment verbatim. Nothing was added
If you look at her Twitter, she says that her suicidal thoughts over the past few weeks are due to harassment from people at MikeSouth over her decision to speak out against LA Direct and Derek Hay [Tweet is no longer available]
Is she still in the business or she's done? i really like her and i want to see more of her , i hope she's just taking a break , i haven't seen a new scene in a while now.